2024 Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in the Plains States Region
7Colleges in the Plains States Region
127Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in fashion merchandising, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #188 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for fashion merchandising students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 127 degrees in fashion merchandising to qualified students.
The fashion merchandising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fashion Merchandising rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fashion merchandising schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The fashion merchandising school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in the Plains States Region.
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Best Schools for Fashion Merchandising in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of fashion merchandising degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Fashion Merchandising
It's difficult to beat University of Missouri - Columbia if you wish to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. Mizzou is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were approximately 64 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat University of Central Missouri if you wish to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. UCM is a fairly large public university located in the town of Warrensburg. This university ranks 21st out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 19 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at UCM in the most recent data year.
Lindenwood University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in fashion merchandising. Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Charles. This university ranks 15th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were roughly 9 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Lindenwood University in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in fashion merchandising needs to take a look at St Catherine University. Located in the city of Saint Paul, St. Kate's is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #395 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means St. Kate's is a great university overall.
There were roughly 6 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at St. Kate's in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #607 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means JCCC is a great college overall.
There were about 14 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at JCCC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 4 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Southeast Missouri State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Stephens is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population. This college ranks 20th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 9 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Stephens in the most recent year we have data available.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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The fashion merchandising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fashion Merchandising rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fashion merchandising schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
